Principal Electrical Engineer - HV & EHV Power Infrastructure

About Vantage

Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

About Vantage

Vantage powers, cools, protects, and connects the technology of the world's leading hyperscalers, cloud providers, and enterprises. Operating across North America and EMEA, Vantage develops and operates highly scalable, reliable, and sustainable data centre campuses designed to meet rapidly growing customer demand.

At Vantage, we are committed to delivering industry-leading infrastructure through innovation, operational excellence, technical expertise, and a relentless focus on reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and customer success.

Energy Department

The Energy Department is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of power infrastructure required to support Vantage's growth across EMEA. This includes utility engagement, grid connection strategy, transmission and distribution infrastructure, substations, cable systems, energisation programmes, and integration of future energy technologies.

The team is accountable for securing, designing, delivering, and energising the infrastructure that enables data centre capacity while ensuring compliance, reliability, scalability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.

Working across multiple countries and utility jurisdictions, the Energy team plays a critical role in enabling Vantage's continued expansion by delivering resilient power infrastructure solutions that support long-term business growth.

Position Summary

Vantage is seeking a highly experienced Principal Electrical Engineer - HV & EHV Power Infrastructure to provide technical leadership and engineering assurance for power infrastructure projects from concept and site development through to supporting the delivery and energisation of electrical infrastructure supporting data centre developments throughout EMEA.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Energy Optimisation & Delivery, EMEA, this role will serve as a key technical authority within the Energy team, shaping engineering standards, technical strategy and the successful delivery of utility power infrastructure across Vantage's expanding regional portfolio.

The successful candidate will provide engineering oversight across utility connections, transmission and distribution networks, substations, cable systems, protection schemes and associated infrastructure. Working closely with utilities, transmission system operators, EPC contractors, OEMs, consultants and internal stakeholders, they will ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with Vantage standards.

In addition, the role will drive engineering excellence through technical assurance, continuous improvement, standardisation, lessons learned and the evaluation of emerging technologies that support Vantage's long-term energy strategy.

Location

The position can be based from either ourLondon, our Newport United Kingdom or Frankfurt, Germany office, with regular travel across EMEA required to support utility engagement, design reviews, project delivery, commissioning and energisation activities.

Essential Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Engineering Authority

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for HV and EHV electrical infrastructure across EMEA projects.
• Develop, maintain, and continually improve Vantage engineering standards, specifications, and technical requirements.
• Provide independent technical review and assurance of electrical designs, studies, and engineering deliverables.
• Lead technical decision-making and challenge processes to ensure robust, scalable, resilient, and future-proof solutions.
• Drive engineering consistency across multiple countries, projects, and utility environments.
• Manage multidisciplinary technical reviews and design assurance processes.

HV & EHV Infrastructure Design

• Conduct FEED, and review and oversee conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for:
• Utility and grid connections
• Transmission and distribution systems
• HV and EHV substations
• Underground and overhead cable systems
• Protection and control schemes
• Earthing and bonding systems
• Power system studies
• Power quality and network performance assessments

• Ensure engineering solutions align with utility requirements, applicable standards, and Vantage design principles for AI and Enterprise Data Center.
• Support technical evaluations during equipment and contractor selection processes.

• Review engineering studies, calculations, specifications and design deliverables, and provide technical acceptance or recommendations in accordance with the applicable project governance and delegated authority framework.
• Coordinate the development of utility and campus power-distribution architectures in collaboration with the Data Centre Engineering, MEP, EPMS, Development, Construction and Operations teams.

Project Delivery & Energisation

• Develop employer's requirements, scope of works, technical standards, specifications, and design guidelines.
• Provide recommendations, review and approve contractor, consultant, EOR and OEM deliverables.

• Support the successful delivery of power infrastructure projects from concept through energisation and operational handover.
• Provide technical oversight throughout procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and where required support in the Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), energisation planning, and operational readiness reviews.
• Lead resolution of complex technical issues impacting programme delivery.
• Support project teams in identifying and mitigating technical, programme, and delivery risks.

Utility & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a senior technical interface with utilities, transmission system operators, distribution network operators, and regulatory bodies.
• Support technical negotiations relating to grid connections, infrastructure design, and energisation programmes.
• Coordinate technical activities with internal development, construction, operations, and procurement teams.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with engineering consultants, OEMs, EPC contractors, Owners Engineers and utility stakeholders.

• Develop grid connection strategies for demand and generation projects.

Engineering Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with:
• IEC Standards
• EN Standards
• Local utility requirements
• National electrical regulations
• Vantage engineering standards

• Lead technical risk assessments and support mitigation planning.
• Promote engineering excellence through independent review and technical assurance processes.
• Support the development of commissioning requirements and minimum technical standards across the EMEA portfolio.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Capture lessons learned and implement best practices across projects.
• Drive standardisation and value engineering initiatives to improve quality, schedule, and cost performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including:
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
• FACTS devices
• Gas-fired generation
• Renewable energy integration
• Microgrids
• Future transmission and grid technologies

• Support the adoption of digital engineering, power system modelling, data analytics, and AI-enabled engineering tools where appropriate.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Educational Background

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent from an accredited institution.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional accreditation preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years' experience in HV/EHV electrical infrastructure design, delivery, asset development, or utility engineering.
• Demonstrated experience delivering utility connections, substations, and transmission infrastructure projects.
• Experience working within one or more of the following environments:
• Utilities
• Transmission system operators
• Distribution network operators
• EPC contractors
• OEM organisations
• Large power infrastructure developers
• Data centre developers

Technical Knowledge

Strong understanding of:

• HV and EHV transmission and distribution systems.
• Utility connection processes and grid code requirements.
• Protection and control systems.
• Power system studies and network analysis.
• Substation design and delivery.
• Commissioning and energisation processes.
• Cable systems and route engineering.
• IEC and international electrical standards.
• Utility stakeholder management and regulatory frameworks.

Experience with power system analysis tools such as:

• DIgSILENT PowerFactory
• ETAP
• PSCAD
• Equivalent industry-standard modelling platforms

Communication & Leadership

As a Principal Engineer in the EMEA Optimisation and Delivery team, you will need to exhibit the following leadership attributes:

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and report-writing abilities.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineering consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Proven ability to operate effectively across multiple countries and cultures.

Personal Attributes

• Self-motivated and highly organised.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance technical excellence against programme and business objectives.
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced and rapidly growing international environment.

Travel Requirements

• National and international travel will be required.
• Approximately 20-30% travel should be expected depending on project location and programme phase.
• Candidates should be comfortable travelling to project sites, utility offices, contractor facilities, manufacturing locations, and customer-facing engagements as required.

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Vantage does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage.